Subj : Re: TZUTC kludge
To : Nick Andre
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Fri Oct 02 2015 12:33 pm
Hi,
On 2015-10-01 18:55:48, Nick Andre wrote to Wilfred Van Velzen:
about: "Re: TZUTC kludge":
WV>> NA> Noted.
WV>>
WV>> Seriously, why wouldn't you implement it?
NA> I never said I wouldn't. I noted the request.
Afaik 'noted' is mostly used when people want to say they read it, but don't
intend to do anything further with it... ;)
NA> Somewhere between a magical mystical sexy fancy Linux version
Tell me about it. It's on my list to create a linux FMail, for ages. ;)
NA> and support for Squish/JAM/Synchronet/Wildcat/Whatever I'll add
NA> something for this. Possibly just code for the editor to add whatever
NA> user-defined kludges defined.
It's a small request, so easy to sqeeze in there somewhere! ;)
WV>> So I was going through some areas to look at the usage of the TZUTC
WV>> flag, a was surprised how little it is used.
NA> You have to remember that a lot of Fido products were written during a
NA> time when Echomail was really becoming popular and programmers could
NA> not necessarily agree on what kludges to implement as standard. A lot
NA> of software really implemented what was "required" and not proposals.
NA> INTL and FMPT/TOPT come to mind... I'm sure theres others.
Of course, but the TZUTC kludge is a standard now:
http://ftsc.org/docs/fts-4008.002
Bye, Wilfred.
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